 | | Book | | REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries |  | | Book | | systematically present the geology of each country, region and continent on Earth. Each book aims to provide...counterpart of the Oranjemund Group (Gariep Belt) cropping out in the western borders of Namibia and South Africa...concerning the tectonic and geodynamic evolution of this region during the Precambrian. Major tectonometamorphic...tectonostratigraphic domains and structures of the region are presented, together with implications for the... They emphasize the enormous potential of this region in terms of base (Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Ni), precious |  | | Book | | Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science |  | | Book | | Republic, 6 cm). Figure 1.2 Halite crystals (Namibia, 5.8 cm). 6 section devoted to the display of...(field of view 8 cm). Figure 1.3 An opencast iron ore mine (Postmasburg, South Africa). 7 microscopes, or...in groups 8–12, show marked deviation. In this region of the Periodic Table, electronegativity increases...bonded substances, the electrons are confined to the region between the nuclei of the bonded atoms and they...showing stepped, cubic crystal faces (Erongo, Namibia, 5.8 cm). hence occurs less commonly. Figure 4 |  | | Book (edition) | | A splendid specimen of wulfenite from Tsumeb, Namibia Half-title: Quartz, Nababeep Opposite: Mimetite...world famous Tsumeb mine Overleaf: Crystalline incrustations of vanadinite, Namibia Contents Acknowledgements...attached list of working mines. The geological map of Namibia which shows the mines and also farm boundaries...Goodhousc on the Orange River cast of Vioolsdrif. In Namibia amethyst can be found north-east of Otjiwarongo...station in the Northern Transvaal, and ; Rossing in Namibia. Asteriated material with well-defined stars hat |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discovered in 1902, and the sulfides were mined until mine closure in 1994 (Kamona and Friedrich, 2007). During...its lifespan, Kabwe was the most significant Zn-Pb mine in Zambia, with production from the sulfide bodies...Regional geology S90 The rocks underlying the Kabwe region are dominated by Neoproterozoic metasediments which...and relative positions of orebodies on the 850 ft mine level (∼260 m depth from the surface), underlying...three main massive sulfide orebodies in the Kabwe region referred to as No. 1, No. 3/4 and No. 5/6, all |  | | Conference Proceedings (Volume) | | Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...potential map of the Neoproterozoic Gariep Belt in Namibia .......................... 480 . . ...........pyritic Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) sulphide deposit, Bergslagen region, south-central Sweden . . .......................Ahola Occurrence of gold (electrum) in the Lousal mine, Iberian pyrite belt, Portugal ..................Jingwen Mao & Bernd Lehmann The Omitiomire deposit, Namibia: late tectonic copper emplacement in a Neoproterozoic |  | | Catalog/List | | A beautiful Crystallized Gold from the “16-to-1” Mine • A huge cut and polished Apache Agate weighing...Meteorite Slice Iron - IAB Complex Novosibirsk Region, Russia - (54° 20’N, 84°12’E) The find of the Maslyanino...Meteorite occurred on May 25, 1992 in the Novosibirsk Region of Russia, when an agronomist discovered a 26 kg...likely before settlers arrived in the Ryazan Oblast region in 1200. Classified as an Ataxite, it is an Iron...Iron, Fine Octahedrite - IVA Great Namaqualand, Namibia (25° 30’S, 18° 0’E) Nickel-Iron Meteorites are |  | Kříbek, Bohdan, Nyambe, Imasiku, Sracek, Ondra, Mihaljevič, Martin, Knésl, Ilja (2023) Impact of Mining and Ore Processing on Soil, Drainage and Vegetation in the Zambian Copperbelt Mining Districts: A Review. Minerals, 13 (3) 384 doi:10.3390/min13030384 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | soils and plant contamination; bioaccessibility; mine drainage; plants Revised: 23 February 2023 Accepted:...has been studied by many authors [5,7,25]. Many mine drainage waters have low pH and carry high concentrations...and metalloids [26–29]. It is well known that acid mine drainage (AMD) forms when mining activities expose...Copperbelt Province of Zambia, are more vulnerable to mine and smelter contamination than in more developed...environmental data were scattered throughout a wide range of mine owners. Since the late nineties, the situation has |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken |  | | Book | | localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dunn Famous mineral localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah .............................Kokinos & W. S. Wise The Wagon Wheel Gap fluorspar mine, Mineral County, Colorado ............................33 by B. Cairncross The Jan Coetzee copper mine, Namaqualand, South Africa .......................California Santa Barbara, California 93106 The Gold Hill mine in western Utah has long been an important locality...the oxidation zone o f this old mine. INTRODUCTION The Gold Hill mine is located in western Tooele County |  | | Journal (issue) | | CUPRITE in CALCITE, 5.2 cm, from the Onganja mine near Seeis, Namibia. Mike Bergmann specimen, now in the Carolyn...were saved, collected and traded by Bisbee miners, mine executives, shop owners, and businessmen. One such...occupied a 15 by Figure 9. Botryoidal malachite on limonite, 16 cm, Bisbee. Frankenberg collection; A. R....July–August, 2006 279 Figure 12. Malachite vug in limonite, 17 cm, Bisbee. Frankenberg collection; A. R....July–August, 2006 Figure 14. Azurite crystals on limonite matrix, 8 cm, Bisbee. Frankenberg collection; |  | | Book | | dispersion mechanisms that have operated in each region and environment and indicate suitable exploration...transition Mean annual rainfall (mm) Climatic region TABLE 1.1-2 Climatic regions of pedogenetic significance...1989b), with some of the iron ores of the Hamersley region being products of deep supergene weathering about...dispersion models being developed in each climatic region. The differences between equivalent models are...approach would have particular value in a restricted region, for which landforms or facets are well defined |  | | Book (edition) | | (yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A ...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic...dolomite (milky internal reflections); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Stibioclaudetite, AsSbO3, a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, Potosí Department,...good friend of mine, Jim Minette, worked as superintendent of a large open-pit borax mine that produced...W. E. Sheffield (fl. 1808) Chrysocolla Dalehead mine, Cumberland (Cumbria), England W. E. Sheffield was...Sowerby for study and illustration. The Dalehead mine, source of this chrysocolla, is also known as one |  | | Report (issue) | | Geochemical and geophysical investigations around Garras Mine, near Truro. Cornwall 31 Geophysical investigations...associated with the Skiddaw Granite near Carrock Mine, Cumbria 8 Investigation of stratiform sulphide...Scotland 38 10 Geophysical surveys around Talnotry mine, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Geophysical evidence...Covellite Others "GRAPHITE" (amorphous) Goethite Limonite Apatite Note: Major minerals in capitals. 22...association similar to one described from the Rosh Pinah deposit (Page and Watson, 1976). Irregular grains |  | | Journal (issue) | | Moore Phosphate minerals from the Leveaniemi iron mine, Svappavaara, Sweden .............................Hollabaugh Laueite from Hagendorf-Siid andthe Palermo mine ................. 363 by L. C. Pitman New data...image of a crack hidden in the back (roof) of a mine adit (from A. P. Annan etal. (1988) Radar sounding...genetic relationship to diamond and may vary from one region to another. The accessory minerals are well known...of gravel. The gem percentage varies from region to region, but generally 20% to 40% of the diamonds |  | | Book (edition) | | Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL... Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (sample: Melcher/Oberthür); PPL D Fine-grained |  | | Journal (issue) | | ruby and moonstone) photographed at the home of a mine owner in Mogok, Myanmar. Two field reports on Mogok...some newly produced ‘gem silica’ from the Arequipa region of southern Peru. This area is known to produce...the blue gem silica was found at the bottom of a mine shaft, and was completely worked out by the miners...crystals on crystals of brown tourmaline with limonite’. The ‘brown tourmaline’ was an immediate visual...rare stones for a research project. The largest mine toured during this trip was operated by Lian Shan |  | | Journal (issue) | | (thumbnail to miniature size) from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California (half of them with...Rose” rhodochrosite specimen from the Sweet Home mine (pictured in vol. 24, no. 3, p. 228, Fig. 24), and...(Khomyakov et al., 1981), the Aris phonolite, Namibia (Von Knorring and Franke, 1987), M ont Saint-Hilaire...ountains, Russia (Bpggild, 1913) and Gjerdingen, Oslo Region, Norway (Raade and Haug, 1980). The drusy crusts...also been reported from the Aris phonolite in Namibia (Von Knorring et al., 1992), from M ont Saint-Hilaire |  | | Journal (issue) | | Karbonfossilien - Mineralien des Sch afberges Bergbau der Region . Führung durch d as Museum 21 . 4.: Museum am...des schleifwürdigen Kristalls ist die Black Rock Mine in Südafrika. Thaumasit ist ein Calciumsilikat mit... GEOPHILATELIX 1. SWA - NAMIBIA Die Dauerserie aus Südwest-Afrika, (Namibia) w urd e uns zum Ausgabetag...Auf dem 25 c Wert ist der Diamant-Tagebau von Oranjemund zu sehen. Auf der 30 c Marke ist der Bergbau...Abbau von Kupfer, Blei und Zink. Zink-Abbau von Rosh Pinah ist auf der 35 c Marke zu sehen . Bei dem 50 |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Deen, 1984), Kashmir, Mozambique, Uganda and Namibia. Euclase occurs in a range of colours including...accompanying minerals or the paragenesis of the euclase. Namibia A report by Beyer (1980) described colourless to...Uganda, euclase was recorded in the Namapherere tin mine, Ankole. Beryl is a common minor constituent in...pegmatites mined in south-west Uganda and at Kihandu mine, an unusual form of beryl with acute bipyramidal...Slam Beryl mine, phenakite in an unnamed beryl working and chrysoberyl in the Renda mine. No bertrandite |  | | Book (edition) | | MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As deposit, Takab region, Iran Grandviewite...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...2(4) - 4.0(6) - 2.58(10) - 2.04(5). At the Kiura mine, Saiki City, Oita pref., Japan. IMA 2012-101. Adolfpateraite |
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